Producer/emcee Oddisee begins his west coast tour April, 30 2010.  The tour will continue through the middle of May and also includes DJ Quartermaine, Trek Life and Oddisee’s  fellow Diamond District members: X.O. and yU. The tour info is as follows: 4/30 – Los Angeles, California – Oddisee @ Airliner 5/1 – Los Angeles, California – [cont.]

Who is Clutchy Hopkins? Well, his album art and the grainy photos on his website don’t answer that question. Clutchy is described as the son of a Motown recording engineer and a man that “traveled the globe exploring exotic music, rhythms, and mysticism.” Whether this is actually fact or myth is unknown. But upon hearing [cont.]

Dr. Greenthumb and Tommy Chong’s first annual Spring Gathering goes down May 8, 2010 @ the NOS Events Center in San Bernadino, CA. The event,a music festival and medical marijuana expo, will feature B-Real, Meth& Red and freestyle legend Supernatural. In addition to performing, B-Real will also serve as host and keynote speaker for the [cont.]

Rakaa’s tweeted today about the status of his solo album release Crown Of Thorns. No further details in regards to an official release date. In the meantime check out his live performance of “C.T.D.” in Amsterdam and of course “Delilah” .

Yup, you read that right. Solar reportedly wants Premier to join him in a memorial concert for Guru. “Not only Premier, but the whole Gang Starr Foundation — everybody, for sure,” Solar told MTV News. “It couldn’t be [a tribute] without them. Plus, the list of artists Guru and I have already compiled that would [cont.]

The Washington Post has been forced to correct an erroneous report claiming that Public Enemy called September 11th, 2001, also known as “9/11″, a joke. Now, fans and even casual listeners of PE remember the song “911 Is A Joke”. For those keeping score, that’s 9-1-1, the emergency phone number, not 9/11, the NATIONAL TRAGEDY.  [cont.]

Big Shug of the Gang Starr Foundation and Slaine of La Coka Nostra have signed on to appear in fellow Boston compatriot Ben Affleck’s new film; “The Town”. Shug’s role will be that of a drug dealer named Kenny, while Slaine plays a character named Gloansy.  The film is set to be released September 10, [cont.]

Common is back at it and recording his new opus with the help of No. I.D. and Mr. West.The new album, tentatively titled The Believer, is scheduled to  drop in the fall with the first single hitting the streets in late summer.No word on if The Believer will be exclusively produced by Kanye and Dion, [cont.]

The Turner Broadcasting System, better known as TBS, will debut the new sitcom “Are We There Yet”. The show is based on Ice Cube’s 2005 embarassment box office comedy of the same name. TBS and Ice Cube’s company; Cube Vision (which will produce the show) have signed a 10 episode deal with an option for [cont.]

Violent J of Insane Clown Posse recently released a statement to give us insight into his mindless ramblings thoughts on the comical deep ICP video for the track “Miracles”.The statement can be found in the “Hatchet Harold”, the only leading news provider for all things Psychopathic Records.Violent J’s statement is as follows: I don’t know [cont.]

As his release dates approach, Game has decided to use twitter and not random beefs to promote his releases.”THE R.E.D. ROOM” mixtape will be hosted by DJ Skee and hits the streets on Monday 4/26. Keep your eyes out for “The R.E.D. Album”, dropping on June 15.

That’s right kids…2011 will be the year of the Gun. Val Kilmer and Mr. Oscar himself, 50 Cent, plan on bringing you the next ‘hood classic.  You crazy for this one, Iceman.

Big shock here. The legitimacy of the cancer foundation referenced in Solar’s…I mean Guru’s farewell letter has been called into question. An article on BirthplaceMag.com is warning those looking to donate to the foundation. The article states: In the letter, the writer specifically mentions the “Each One Counts Foundation”. According to national public records, there [cont.]

Revenue Retrievin: Night Shift is the second piece of E-40’s double album, double release. As explained by E-40 himself, Night Shift is based more around “things that happen at night”. It can loosely be described as a concept album, with the majority of the tracks being more club than street. As with Revenue Retrievin: Day [cont.]

At this point in his career, E-40 really needs no introduction. With over 20 years in the game, he’s created an original style and flavor all his own. In addition to having the most hilariously named album of all time; The Ball Street Journal, Fonzarelli is famous for classics such as: “Yay Area”, “Sprinkle Me”, [cont.]

Super groups. They’re usually formed with the goal of showcasing a collection of solo emcees that aim to be a musical Voltron of sorts. But, success for such groups is usually fleeting, either because the group was never able to take off (The Commission – Biggie, Charlie Baltimore and Jay-Z), because egos got in the [cont.]

Laws may very well be hip-hop’s future. Fresh off of two successful mixtape releases: Your Future Favorite Rapper with DJ Smallz and this year’s 4:57 with Don Cannon, LAWS is doing big things. As signified by the title 4:57 (the last time he punched a clock at his then day job), LAWS is now a [cont.]

Marco Polo has been on a roll in recent years, producing bangers left and right for Masta Ace and Boot Camp Clik, among others. His previous full-length releases Port Authority and 2009’s Double Barrel with Torae were nearly perfect. Both featured incredible production coupled with some of the best emcees in hip-hop. Ruste Juxx has [cont.]

HHS: Introduce yourself to the HipHopsite community. Diabolic: Diabolic, artist on Viper Records, part of Rebel Army. HHS: You’ve built up a nice buzz in the underground with your guest appearances with Immortal Technique and battle victories over some pretty well known emcees (Jin, Rhymefest). What do you enjoy more, the competition of battling or [cont.]

Hailing from Australia, producer M-Phazes can most aptly be described as a known unknown. The name may not be familiar to many, but in the last five years he’s gained steady recognition for his work with artists such as Supastition, Heltah Skeltah and Skyzoo. His debut album, Good Gracious is a welcome coming out party. [cont.]